Sitting of Friday, 22 August 2025
Source: Hansard PDF (parliament.lk) ↗ ·No. 1756894696039492 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
Order of business
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- 1 Opening Parliament Opening 1 speeches
- 2 Papers Papers Presented 6 speeches
- 3 Committee report Committee Report: Draft Budgetary Estimates for the National Audit Office 1 speeches
- 4 Petitions Petitions 7 speeches
- 5 Oral question Oral Questions and Answers (Q.846/2025, Q.1024/2025, Q.1068/2025, Q.1070/2025, Q.1073/2025, Q.1076/2025, Q.1092/2025) 35 speeches
- 6 Oral question Oral Questions (Second Round and Standing Order 27(2) Questions) 15 speeches
- 7 Procedural Ministerial Statement: Reviewal of Policies in the Leasing Sector 4 speeches
- 8 Procedural Procedural Matters and Sittings of Parliament 8 speeches
- The Hon. Speaker procedural
- The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law SJB
AI summary Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara responded to remarks made in his absence, denying that he had spread inaccurate or fear-inducing claims about the health sector and stating that his concerns related to NMRA decisions on human immunoglobulin. He questioned why the drug was reintroduced after reported complications and deaths, why testing was not obtained from a laboratory outside India, and why reliance was placed on a privately held sample tested at an Indian zonal lab. He said he had corrected a prior error publicly and maintained that he had not misled Parliament.
- The Hon. Speaker procedural
- The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law SJB
AI summary Dayasiri Jayasekara referred to a claim attributed to a Minister that India was behind the Easter Sunday attacks. He indicated he was making a brief concluding point on that matter, implying the need for clarification or accountability regarding the statement.
Security & Defence Full speech → - The Hon. Speaker procedural
- The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip JJB
AI summary Minister Nalinda Jayatissa stated that inquiries by the NMRA into earlier adverse reactions and deaths, including cases in Trincomalee, Kandy and Ragama, found no causal link to the human immunoglobulin product in question. He said the NMRA decided in April that the product could be reused, but only properly stored remaining vials were considered, and argued that attempts to associate all related deaths or past procurement controversies with this medicine were inaccurate.
- The Hon. Speaker procedural
- The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake JJB
AI summary Hon. Bimal Rathnayake moved an amendment to the Motion to change the specified time from 11.30 a.m. to 10.40 a.m. The amendment was put to the House and agreed to.
Parliamentary Procedure Full speech →
- 9 Adjournment Adjournment Motion: Human Rights Issues Faced by the Tamil Community in the North, East and Hill Country 81 speeches